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R&B singer Usher has a new bachelor life and a new chart-topping single. Plus, he's capping off his year of successes with a flamboyant new ad campaign for his fragrance, V.I.P., which hit stores this fall ($25-$65, Macys.com). In the commercial for the spicy fragrance, a tuxedo-clad Usher and a lady friend are being chased through the streets of Monte Carlo by paparazzi. Something about the clothes, the French Riviera setting and the James Bond-ish theme calls to mind the ad campaign of another music industry titan with a flair for fragrance. Has Usher gleaned some cologne inspiration from his one-time music mentor Sean "Diddy" Combs? Watch Usher's commercial below, and then check out Diddy's I Am King fragrance "mini-movie," which debuted around this time last year, and you be the judge!
Usher's V.I.P. Commercial
Diddy's I Am King "Mini-Movie"
Do they compare? Usher has some stiff competition -- Mr. Combs has been selling out his women's and men's fragrance products on HSN lately.
Do they compare? Usher has some stiff competition -- Mr. Combs has been selling out his women's and men's fragrance products on HSN lately.
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By: mary on 12/07/2009 1:29PM
What's up with the white girl?
Usher, you are sorry...So I take it that a fine black women is not good enough for you?
Hey, I feel so sorry for you BROTHER.....
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By: All Winners LOVE Winners on 3/11/2010 10:21PM
The JUDGE Says NOT & If He did So What...Sean Combs Has Copied/Copying **** E (SEE)
Thanks Usher, 50 Cent & Mariah 4 Reppin US, VIP, The POWER & FOREVER Respectively.
Thank U 4 Watching.......NEXT!
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By: All Winners LOVE Winners on 12/03/2009 11:50PM
VIP....Look Under My MONEY Tree PEOPLE...SMH
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By: jacky on 12/04/2009 10:28AM
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By: Queenie on 12/04/2009 6:20PM
If this new cologne is anything like that last mess he was trying to sell, he is wasting his time and Tamika's child support trying to promote it!
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By: esta on 12/04/2009 9:10PM
In the text section at the beginning of SJ's "film"...it says, "I BRIEF in the impossible."
WHAAAA----??? You BRIEF what???? Doesn't anyone PROOF READ copy anymore? It's all the fault of laziness; texting in stpd ltl wrds 2 kp msg sml. C wt i mn? That, and "spellcheck"..."Why should I care? I have spellcheck to do it for me."
Nobody cares about the English Language as a skill set any more. People! Make sure your children READ EVERY DAY! Let them see YOU reading for pleasure.
Other than that, no I don't think Usher's ad is copycat of Diddy's. They are similar, sure, but any man who could make a little film of his "life" would have a woman (or two) on his arm, driving a cool car, in MONACO (some would only be able to conjur up Vegas, lol)...! And no worries. It's FANTASY!!
Unfortunately, watching Usher race (and pass other cars on a curving mountain road) only made me think, could that be the very mountain road where Princess Grace Kelly died in a car wreck? Sorry to be depressing, but seriously. Yes, it's Too Soon.
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By: sugarbowl2009 on 12/04/2009 9:14PM
YEAH HE COPIED! THEY BOTH USED CHICKEN GREASE AND HOT SAUCE AS APART OF THE INGREDIENT FOR THEIR COLOGNE! LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
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By: curly on 12/05/2009 7:52AM
chicken grease and hot sauce make him a multi millionaire and you green with envy.
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By: cb on 12/06/2009 6:31AM
and you use fragrance that makes you smell like a wet dog...more than y'all usually do...hitler!
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By: Gail on 12/04/2009 9:24PM
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO @ QUEENIE AND SUGARBOWL COMMENTS....!!!!...LOL....TOO FUNNY!!!!
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By: cb on 12/06/2009 6:31AM
trailer park trash!
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By: Sid on 12/05/2009 1:59AM
no they arent the same...lol ushers is a normal length commercial and AS ALWAYS puffys or p-diddys or whatever he calls himself these days is an overacted over the top 5min waste of time!
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By: Valentino M. on 12/05/2009 12:16PM
I've seen Usher's horribly-acted commercial and I say, "Who the F cares!" If he did copy Puffy (I refuse o call him P DIddy), does anyone care enough about either one of them anymore to make a stink about it?! NOT!
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By: Renee on 12/05/2009 11:02PM
Ushers commercial is better and simple.Diddys commercial is way to long. But anyway WHO CARES!! LOL
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By: Babygirl on 12/06/2009 8:44AM
I agree with you whole-heartedly.....Ushers' commercial is more than way better. It has excitement and romance. P. Diddy just shows a boring beady-eyed persona, always looking mad pout and waaaaaaay too long. He was basically flaunting how wealthy. It really wasn't about fragrance but about his money. The money he spent on that commercial could have been better spent given to charity.
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By: charles wallace on 12/06/2009 10:15AM
GIN FOR THE SKIN AND NOT WITHIN, ANOTHER BOTTLE OF EL STINK A DORA FOR THOSE TRYING TO HID THE FUNK WITHIN!
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